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Ferry Avenue station is a PATCO Speedline station located in Camden and Woodlynne, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It is near the busy US Route 130 and situated near the intersection of Camden, Woodlynne and Collingswood.

Ferry Avenue
Ferry Avenue station in May 2018
General information
Location	2600 Ferry Avenue Camden, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°55′22″N 75°5′30″W
Owned by	Delaware River Port Authority
Platforms	1 bay island platform
Tracks	3 (1 pocket track)
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 451, 453
Construction
Parking	1,900 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 4, 1969[1][2]
Services
Preceding station DRPA Following station Broadway toward 15–16th & Locust PATCO Speedline Collingswood toward Lindenwold

Station layout

The fare control is located at street level and the platform is elevated. For most of the platform, there are two tracks, serving the Philadelphia and Lindenwold bound trains. There is also a third track that starts halfway down the platform. The platform splits and the train can come up into this spot. It was once used by Ferry Avenue Local trains that originated here and went to Philadelphia, but Ferry Avenue Local trains were replaced with Woodcrest Local trains on September 20, 1980.[3] The third track is now used to store a train mid-day.

P Platform level	Westbound	←      PATCO Speedline toward 15–16th & Locust (Broadway)
	Island platform
	Pocket track	→ No regular service
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→      PATCO Speedline toward Lindenwold (Collingswood) →
G	Street level	Station house, fare control, parking, buses

Crime

On August 9, 1995, Philadelphia Inquirer truck driver Joseph Sweeney, 49, was fatally beaten during a robbery while delivering newspapers.[4]

On November 12, 2001, Christine Lynn Eberle, 27, a PATCO commuter and resident of Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey was abducted from the station's parking lot and killed. Two men, Ryshaone H. Thomas and Marcus Toliver, were charged with murder, robbery, kidnapping and weapons offenses in connection with the crime.[5][6] On January 12, 2005, Thomas and Toliver pleaded guilty in New Jersey Superior Court in order to avoid the death penalty.[7]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

• Harleigh Cemetery
• Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

References

External links

• Media related to Ferry Avenue station at Wikimedia Commons
• Ferry Avenue (PATCO)

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